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uiten tetes letrat @fitta DOMINICO OHECKENI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNORTO IIIMSELF, JOHN 'W. BOTELER, AND CHARLES K. SHERWOOD, OFWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA;

Letters Parent iva. 76,8492, and April 21, lees.

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TO ALL WHOMv IT MAYl OONOERN:

Be it known that I, DOMINIoo CnEcKnNi, of the city of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented an Improved Toy; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my invention. I

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section' thereof, taken on the planeof a line drawn horizontally vthrough the centre of fig. 1. A

Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in red outline, represent modifications ofmy invention.

My invention consists in combining two fighting birds or animals in'such manner that by operating wir-es,

cords, wheels, or an equivalentA for either, thetwo birds or otheranimals will be cansed to come together-,us in the act of fightingpeculiar to the species of bird or Vanimal represented:v

Inviigs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, I have represented-twococks, A B, couched on a platform,

O, which may be strewed with moss and grass, n representation of nature.The said cocks are made of wood,

species of fowl they are intended to imitate. Pivoted tothe breasts ofthe fowls therel are wire rods a a', which carry a coil at one end,which is placed on4 staples b', the ends being bent upward and turnedover to form or any other suitable material, and may be covered withfeathers ordown, or otherwise made -t'o resemble the ,eyes c c. Intothese eyes are'hooked draw-rods dd', which pass through staples near theouter end of the platform, the rod dhooking into the eye c', and the rodd' hooking into the eye c; hence, if the rod c? be drawn outward, thefowl B will be caused to `rise and jump forward, as ln the act offighting, and if the rod d be `irawn outward, the fowl A will be causedto act in like manner, and bylpullinlg the rods simultaneously,

both birds will be caused to springat and come in contact with eachother, as in fighting. I will here remark that'the rods, instead ofbeing fastened to the .eye'of the rod which operates the oppositebirdcan be attached, as. shown in fig. 8, to the eye on the wire whichoperates the nearest bird, but in this case the rods lettered o, es ing. 8, would be pushed instead of pulled, in order to make the birdsiight.

Theiheads of the birds are pivoted to their necks, so that the said.heads can move in a manner to coun terfeit nature, and the birds areconnected by a horse-hair, or line cord, or an4 equivalent therefor,running from the bill of the one to thebill of the other. By thusconnecting the heads of the birds, if the one' bird be raised he willtip his head, as if watching the other bird, whilst the latter bird willraisehis head, as if cautiously watching his assailant. This connectionbctweenithe birds or other animals may be made at other points of thebodies of the same, if desirable, and it probably would be desirablewhen other kinds of animals are substituted for the cocks. i

The mechanism above described for causing the cocks to spring ateachother,- to represent the act of fight ing, is of a very simplecharacter, and I do not limit myself to such means only for eecting thecombination desired, and as equivalents therefor I have shown in rcd,.iniig. 3, two wheels, e e, axled at or near the centre of the platform, toeach of which is connected a wire or rod, f, which supports the cock,and a wire or cord, g, for operating the wheels. It will be yseen, thatby drawing upon the rods or cords g, the wheels will turn so as tocausethe birds to spring at each other, and otherwise imitate fighting.i

In iigA, the same arrangement is illustrated, except thats. push-rod, h,is employed instead o'f a rlraw-rod,- and thus the bird at that end ofthe platform where the rod is pushed will be operated. I

Iny fig. 5, I have shown a driving-wheel, t', extending below theplatform, and another wheehj, operated by it, either by friction or cogsupon both, (the latter being shown,) and thus, by moving the platform,the driving. wheel t' will operateboth birds which are mounted on thesupporting-rodsf.`

In iig. 6,'I have shown the supporting-mdf withits lower end fastened tothe platform C, and a lever, k, is so arranged that its inner end canbe-tiltecl up by pressing down on the outer end, which will cause thebirds to operate as desired.

' In fig. ',T, Ihave shown a'systemvof'lcvers for operating-the birds.Two-bent levers, l, are pivoted in a Ablock, m, and provided atrespective ends with draw-rods n. and supporting-rods f. By `pulling onthese' rods n, the birds are caused to operate as required. o

I will here remark that cross-levers maybe employed aud operated bypush-rods; I do not, therefore, limit myself to the manner herein shownof arranging the levers. A

It is obvious that all the above modifications effect thefsa'me end,`namely, that of causing the cocks to imi-V tate, in all their motions,the act of lighting peculiar to such fowls.

I do not limit myself to any precise mechanism herein show n foreffecting the object sought, my invention being to combine the two fowlsor other animals by rods, cords, wheels, or an equivalent therefor,y insuch manner as to cause such birds or animals to imitate the motionspeculiar to such birds or animalswhen lighting.

, a What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent,is-g 1. Combining two cocks or other animals by rods, cords, wheels, oran equivalent therefoxyinvsuch manner y that by operating the said rods,cords, or wheels, the said cocks or other animals will he caused toimitate the motions 'peculiar to such animals whenighting, substantiallyas herein shown and described'.

2. `Cem'xecting the heads or bodies of the birds or other animalstogether, by means of a horse-hair, or an equivalent therefor, running.from one to the other, substantially as and for the purposes hereinspecified.

` DOMINICO CHECKENI.v

Witnesses:

`EMMA CnacKnNx,

M. M. LIVINGSTON.

